Bank technology

S1 Corp., which has long focused on selling its online banking products to big banks, is now making an effort to promote software aimed at smaller ones.

Two payments vendors, eFunds Corp. in Scottsdale, Ariz., and Digital Harbor Inc. in Reston, Va., have teamed up to offer a fraud management product.

Suncoast Schools Federal Credit Union has been able to cut transportation costs and reduce staffing by imaging checks at the automated teller machine but has found that customers need help to use the machines.

American Banker has improved and expanded its weekly Technology Update newsletter: In addition to our top tech stories for the week, this email newsletter now includes the full text of Security Watch, a provocative roundup of developments in the areas of privacy and data security and their relevance to the financial industry.

Densely populated areas are the most common hot spots for identity fraud in the United States, according to a report from the fraud management company ID Analytics Inc.

Fair Isaac Corp. has hired Mark Greene, a 12-year veteran of International Business Machines Corp., as its chief executive.

ORLANDO — Though the Check ACH Coalition has abandoned its plan to create a new payments system linking image exchange networks and the automated clearing house system, its members are still working to make the two formats more compatible.

As paper checks are transformed into such varied forms as digital images, image replacement documents, and automated clearing house transactions, there is a growing risk that they will be settled more than once, experts warn.

MasterCard Inc. is working with a trade group to develop a way to deliver international person-to-person remittances through mobile phones.

An image-exchange network set to go live this week is touting its capability to settle payments within a single region - a sharp divergence from the dominant model of connecting banks that are often separated by great distances.

Shares in Jack Henry & Associates Inc. rose slightly last week after the banking technology vendor singled out payments as a driver for its strong earnings.

NCR Corp. has signed deals to deliver automated teller machines to banks in India and Africa.

John H. Harland Co. said Thursday that expenses related to its pending sale drove down its fourth-quarter results.

A consortium of financial and technology companies plan to market their payments capabilities to small businesses by promoting their compatibility with the latest version of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system.